Hi there,
Just a thought--- is it worth experimenting with running the kernel wg meeting on IRC instead of the conf call?
Personally, I find IRC meetings _much_ more digestible than conf calls (better "audio quality"; ability to scroll back when you don't hear / don't understand something etc.), but I don't know whether other people feel the same way -- that may just be my personal preference.
Comparing the dev platform group's weekly IRC meeting with the kernel conf call, I've found that the IRC format works quite a lot better for me, but again, that may just be my experience.
Cheers ---Dave
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Dave Martin wrote:
Hi there,
Just a thought--- is it worth experimenting with running the kernel wg meeting on IRC instead of the conf call?
Personally, I find IRC meetings _much_ more digestible than conf calls (better "audio quality"; ability to scroll back when you don't hear / don't understand something etc.), but I don't know whether other people feel the same way -- that may just be my personal preference.
I agree that the audio quality is highly variable. For ex. Paul sounded like those talking humanoids from old sci-fi movies. But some other participants were clear and crisp. Go figure.
Comparing the dev platform group's weekly IRC meeting with the kernel conf call, I've found that the IRC format works quite a lot better for me, but again, that may just be my experience.
Some people are just terrible at written communication. So yes, this might not be universally appreciated.
Nicolas
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:34:30PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Dave Martin wrote:
Hi there,
Just a thought--- is it worth experimenting with running the kernel wg meeting on IRC instead of the conf call?
Personally, I find IRC meetings _much_ more digestible than conf calls (better "audio quality"; ability to scroll back when you don't hear / don't understand something etc.), but I don't know whether other people feel the same way -- that may just be my personal preference.
I agree that the audio quality is highly variable. For ex. Paul sounded like those talking humanoids from old sci-fi movies. But some other participants were clear and crisp. Go figure.
Connectivity issues forced me to use a cellphone, but glad to provide some vocal variety. ;-)
Comparing the dev platform group's weekly IRC meeting with the kernel conf call, I've found that the IRC format works quite a lot better for me, but again, that may just be my experience.
Some people are just terrible at written communication. So yes, this might not be universally appreciated.
I would be OK with trying it if there are no strong objections.
Thanx, Paul
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Paul E. McKenney paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:34:30PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Dave Martin wrote:
Hi there,
Just a thought--- is it worth experimenting with running the kernel wg meeting on IRC instead of the conf call?
Personally, I find IRC meetings _much_ more digestible than conf calls (better "audio quality"; ability to scroll back when you don't hear / don't understand something etc.), but I don't know whether other people feel the same way -- that may just be my personal preference.
I agree that the audio quality is highly variable. For ex. Paul sounded like those talking humanoids from old sci-fi movies. But some other participants were clear and crisp. Go figure.
Connectivity issues forced me to use a cellphone, but glad to provide some vocal variety. ;-)
Comparing the dev platform group's weekly IRC meeting with the kernel conf call, I've found that the IRC format works quite a lot better for me, but again, that may just be my experience.
Some people are just terrible at written communication. So yes, this might not be universally appreciated.
I would be OK with trying it if there are no strong objections.
Well, as nico says there could be downsides ... unless your cellphone has an IRC client of course ;)
I leave it up to you--- it was just a thought.
Cheers ---Dave
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 10:36:29AM +0000, Dave Martin wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Paul E. McKenney paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:34:30PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Dave Martin wrote:
Hi there,
Just a thought--- is it worth experimenting with running the kernel wg meeting on IRC instead of the conf call?
Personally, I find IRC meetings _much_ more digestible than conf calls (better "audio quality"; ability to scroll back when you don't hear / don't understand something etc.), but I don't know whether other people feel the same way -- that may just be my personal preference.
I agree that the audio quality is highly variable. For ex. Paul sounded like those talking humanoids from old sci-fi movies. But some other participants were clear and crisp. Go figure.
Connectivity issues forced me to use a cellphone, but glad to provide some vocal variety. ;-)
Comparing the dev platform group's weekly IRC meeting with the kernel conf call, I've found that the IRC format works quite a lot better for me, but again, that may just be my experience.
Some people are just terrible at written communication. So yes, this might not be universally appreciated.
I would be OK with trying it if there are no strong objections.
Well, as nico says there could be downsides ... unless your cellphone has an IRC client of course ;)
Heh! I was in an office with an IP-connected deskphone that had an Ethernet port. My laptop refused to work with that IP port, but worked just fine if I unplugged the IP-connected deskphone and plugged my laptop in instead. Which of course meant that the deskphone was not usable. So I had IRC connectivity, but had to use my cellphone.
I leave it up to you--- it was just a thought.
How about if we do next week's meetings via phone and I ask people what their thoughts are on IRC meetings?
Thanx, Paul
On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Paul E. McKenney paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 10:36:29AM +0000, Dave Martin wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Paul E. McKenney paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:34:30PM -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Dave Martin wrote:
Hi there,
Just a thought--- is it worth experimenting with running the kernel wg meeting on IRC instead of the conf call?
Personally, I find IRC meetings _much_ more digestible than conf calls (better "audio quality"; ability to scroll back when you don't hear / don't understand something etc.), but I don't know whether other people feel the same way -- that may just be my personal preference.
I agree that the audio quality is highly variable. For ex. Paul sounded like those talking humanoids from old sci-fi movies. But some other participants were clear and crisp. Go figure.
Connectivity issues forced me to use a cellphone, but glad to provide some vocal variety. ;-)
Comparing the dev platform group's weekly IRC meeting with the kernel conf call, I've found that the IRC format works quite a lot better for me, but again, that may just be my experience.
Some people are just terrible at written communication. So yes, this might not be universally appreciated.
I would be OK with trying it if there are no strong objections.
Well, as nico says there could be downsides ... unless your cellphone has an IRC client of course ;)
Heh! I was in an office with an IP-connected deskphone that had an Ethernet port. My laptop refused to work with that IP port, but worked just fine if I unplugged the IP-connected deskphone and plugged my laptop in instead. Which of course meant that the deskphone was not usable. So I had IRC connectivity, but had to use my cellphone.
I leave it up to you--- it was just a thought.
How about if we do next week's meetings via phone and I ask people what their thoughts are on IRC meetings?
Sure, that sounds fair.
Cheers ---Dave
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